Hunger Games Totalitarian Government

There are so many themes that people can find in the Hunger Games, a novel written by Suzanne Collins in 2012. It is a novel that generally tells about how a country called Panem is ruled by a selfish government, where everybody in that country has to follow all the rules and laws of the government similarly like totalitarian governmental system (Spielman, 2012). Martin (2008) states that totalitarian system itself means that there is only one powerful government that has the highest authority to maintain and control every aspect of its citizens’ life. Excitingly, the way The Capitol governs its citizens by using the classic techniques of a totalitarian regime is also applied in the real life by North Korea. For example, both The Capitol and the Government of

It can be proven by the way The Capitol is not allowing people to know each if they come from different district. This is shown in the novel when Katniss Everdeen thought, “In fact, I wonder if the Game-makers are blocking out our conversation, because even though the information seems harmless, they don’t want people in different districts to know about one another” (Collins, 2012, p.246). The reason is basically because The Capitol wants them to be separated and not knowing the truth. As a result, they will not have to power to be united against The Capitol. The same thing is happening in North Korea. Urban (2017) found that the Government in North Korea banned its citizens to access Internet in terms of any forms. The reason is because the North Korean Government does not want its citizens to know how other countries look like and keep remain that everyone in the world is treated fairly as in North Korea. Both of the examples show that The Capitol and the Government of North Korea have the similar way to monopolize their authorization so the people can just be obedient to